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Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting : whereas a treaty was made and concluded at the city of Detroit, in the state of Michigan, on the second day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, between George W. Manypenny and Henry C. Gilbert, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Chippewa Indians of Saginaw, parties to the treaty of January 14th, 1837, and that portion of the bands of Chippewa Indians of Swan Creek and Black River, parties to the treaty of May 9, 1836, and now remaining in the state of Michigan ...

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
United States.
Contributor:
Manypenny, George Washington, 1808-1892.
Gilbert, Henry C.
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
Swan Creek and Black River Bands of Chippewa Indians.
United States. President (1853-1857 : Pierce)
Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library)
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Series:
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America
Standardized Title:
Treaties, etc. 1855 August 2
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
Swan Creek and Black River Bands of Chippewa Indians.
Ojibwa Indians--Treaties.
Ojibwa Indians.
Ojibwa Indians--Land tenure--Michigan--Isabella County.
Indian land transfers--Michigan.
Indian land transfers.
Ojibwa Indians--Relocation--Michigan.
Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.
Indians of North America.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (7 pages)
Other Title:
Treaty between the United States and the Chippewa tribes of Indians
Title on publisher's website: Treaties between the US and the Indians. 136
Place of Publication:
[Washington, D.C. : publisher not identified, 1856]
Notes:
Title from caption.
"Made at the city of Detroit, August 2, 1855."--Cover.
Ratified by the Senate Apr. 15, 1856; and signed by President Pierce June 21, 1856.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2013 (American Indian histories and cultures)
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